Type genus of the Ariidae sea catfishes

Usage examples of arius.

Carts, wagons, litters, and every beast of burden had been pressed into use for the rout, and reports from Belisarius' forces indicated that the flood of refugees ran all the way back to the walls of Roma itself.

Belisarius asked the officer who rode beside him against the surge of terrified humanity.

Belisarius was not a big man, but he sat a horse like a giant and he carried himself like one of the most noble.

He was as steadfast as Belisarius was forceful and as such was an ideal subordinate and Captain.

Belisarius sensed that the visit would be a long one unless he brought the others to the point as soon as possible.

I will go to Constantinople, to the house that Belisarius has arranged for me, and when the army is at home, I will entertain this Drosos and do my best to be as inconspicuous as possible.

To Olivia, this seemed woefully inadequate, for when she was young, nothing less than a full bath—calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium—and a massage with costly oils followed by a nine-course banquet would be considered a proper welcome for so august a man as Belisarius.

Somehow, in the colors and chaste silver ornaments, she contrived a richness that was far more impressive than the gaudy colors worn by the retinue of General Belisarius, who was arrayed in bright red and orange with bright medallions on his bracchae and his high leather boots.

Belisarius turned to Olivia and the harshness of his attitude faded at once.

All further negotiations are agreed to be directed to her majordomo, one Niklos Aulirios, who is empowered to carry out all contractual arrangements for her, and to have the sanction of the General Belisarius for such actions.

She is determined to fulfill her obligations to you for Belisarius' sake, if not your own.

There was a faint regret in her words, as if Belisarius' integrity was a subtle disappointment to his spouse.

Many of them wished to leave, and one of the tasks that Belisarius had set his men was convincing the farmers, as he tried to convince the citizens of Roma, not to leave, no matter how desperate their plight might seem.

I recall that one of Belisarius' officers becomes short of breath and flushed if he eats shellfish.

She was hoping that Belisarius had taken the time to outline the failings as well as the virtues of his men to his wife.